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Manson TronCaster

TronCaster (Matt Black Stealth LED 2.0)
Manufacturer	Manson Guitars
Used	2018-11-03 —
Body type	Solid
Neck joint	Bolt-on
Body covering	Matte Black paint
Wood	Body: Swamp Ash (Presumed) Neck: Maple (Presumed - Painted black) Fingerboard: Rosewood (Presumed)
Bridge	Tune-O-Matic
Electronics	3-way toggle pickup selector, one volume, one tone
Pickup(s)	Neck: Sustainiac Humbucker Bridge: Psychopaf Humbucker (Uncovered)
Special circuits	LED Lights around entire guitar

Background

This guitar is almost identical in hardware to the Matt Black Stealth LED, except it features a Humbucker Sustainiac Pickup at the neck rather than a single coil.

Rather than a simple LED strip stuck to the outside of the body as a retro-fit on the original LED stealth- the TronCaster features bespoke improved lighting installed by Mansons, the lights are integrated around the edge of the entire guitar including the neck and headstock. This was very likely achieved by using Laser Wire as opposed to LEDs - which is notably not as bright as LEDs, but gives a cleaner, more subtle look - while still looking great in the dark. The challenge in finding a suitable light source that doesn’t cause severe interference with the guitar’s signal - and also without incorporating hundreds of LEDs in the body would’ve been tough, but as always, Manson find a way! It also looks like it is fitted via a slight carve into the front of the body, rather than around the side or stuck into the body like binding would be - requiring minimal routing.

Visually, the guitar's lighting bears some resemblance to the Manson Keytar. Like all stealth models, it features all black hardware with custom black Tone and Volume knobs. The guitar also features an old Manson logo on the headstock.

TronCaster is labeled by Matt's tech as "Laser".

Touring

This guitar first appeared at the MTV World Stage Bilbao gig in 2018 and was used until the end of 2019. It was used for songs in standard tuning. This guitar made a return for the European leg of the Will of the People World Tour in 2023, and is now being used for various standard tuning songs currently.

Songs used for

TronCaster Gallery

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 This guitar is almost identical in hardware to the [[Manson Matt Black Stealth LED | Matt Black Stealth LED]], except it features a Humbucker Sustainiac Pickup at the neck rather than a single coil.
-Rather than a simple LED strip stuck to the outside of the body as a retro-fit on the original LED stealth- the TronCaster features bespoke improved lighting installed by Mansons, the lights are integrated around the edge of the entire guitar including the neck and headstock.
+Rather than a simple LED strip stuck to the outside of the body as a retro-fit on the original LED stealth- the TronCaster features bespoke improved lighting installed by Mansons, the lights are integrated around the edge of the entire guitar including the neck and headstock. This was very likely achieved by using Laser Wire as opposed to LEDs - which is notably not as bright as LEDs, but gives a cleaner, more subtle look - while still looking great in the dark. The challenge in finding a suitable light source that doesn’t cause severe interference with the guitar’s signal - and also without incorporating hundreds of LEDs in the body would’ve been tough, but as always, Manson find a way! It also looks like it is fitted via a slight carve into the front of the body, rather than around the side or stuck into the body like binding would be - requiring minimal routing.
-This was very likely achieved by using Laser Wire as opposed to LEDs - which is notably not as bright as LEDs, but gives a cleaner, more subtle look - while still looking great in the dark.
-The challenge in finding a suitable light source that doesn’t cause severe interference with the guitar’s signal - and also without incorporating hundreds of LEDs in the body would’ve been tough, but as always, Manson find a way!
-It also looks like it is fitted via a slight carve into the front of the body, rather than around the side or stuck into the body like binding would be - requiring minimal routing.
-Visually, the guitar's lighting bears some resemblance to the [[Manson Keytar]].
-Like all stealth models, it features all black hardware with custom black Tone and Volume knobs.
-The guitar also features an old Manson logo on the headstock.
+Visually, the guitar's lighting bears some resemblance to the [[Manson Keytar]]. Like all stealth models, it features all black hardware with custom black Tone and Volume knobs. The guitar also features an old Manson logo on the headstock.
-TronCaster is labeled by Matt's tech as "2" and "Laser".
+TronCaster is labeled by Matt's tech as "Laser".
 == Touring ==
-This guitar first appeared at the [[Bilbao_San_Mamés_2018_(gig)|MTV World Stage Bilbao]] gig in 2018 and was used until the end of 2019. It was used for songs in standard tuning. This guitar is now being used for various standard tuning songs currently.
+This guitar first appeared at the [[Bilbao_San_Mamés_2018_(gig)|MTV World Stage Bilbao]] gig in 2018 and was used until the end of 2019. It was used for songs in standard tuning. This guitar made a return for the European leg of the [[Will of the People World Tour]] in 2023, and is now being used for various standard tuning songs currently.
 ==== Songs used for ====
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 *[[Unsustainable (song) |Unsustainable]]
 *[[Resistance (song) |Resistance]]
 == TronCaster Gallery ==